UK to change how it deals with A/H1N1 flu

The UK is projecting more than a hundred thousand new cases a day of the A/H1N1 flu by the end of August. Meanwhile, the country will change the way it deals with the virus.

Travellers wear facemasks as they leave the  international airport in Buenos Aires in  April 2009. Britain's health secretary warned Thursday the country could soon face more  than 100,000 daily cases of swine flu, while  fears linked to the virus soared in Argentina after the death toll nearly doubled. (AFP/File/Daniel Garcia)

That's according to Britain's health secretary, Andy Burnham, who also said on Thursday that the number of confirmed cases puts too much pressure on health services. He added that the health ministry has decided to make it a priority to provide antiviral medications to the most vulnerable.

It will also abandon efforts to trace people who have been in contact with flu sufferers. And, health authorities will no longer compile daily updates on the number of new cases. Estimates of the general spread will be issued instead.